Biography

Founder, Clinique Spectrum Nathalie Garcin, PhD, clinical psychology and Principal of Clinique Spectrum. Nathalie is a clinical psychologist who works with autistic Canadians and people with an intellectual disability. Following the completion of her PhD in clinical psychology in 1999, she was a professor in the department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine at Queen's [...]

Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work Debbie Irish is the current Chair of the Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance (CASDA) Board of Directors.  Debbie has been a Director on the board for 6 years.  Professionally, Debbie is currently employed as the Chief Operating Officer at the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and [...]

President & Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Alex Munter is President and Chief Executive Officer at CHEO, bringing to the role more than 25 years of leadership in health and social services. CHEO is one of Canada’s few stand-alone, full-service tertiary pediatric health and research centres.  Under Alex’s leadership, CHEO has [...]

Lawyer, ARCH Disability Law Centre Kerri is a human rights lawyer at ARCH Disability Law Centre. She has been involved in disability rights litigation at various tribunals and courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada. Kerri has presented law reform and policy submissions about disability law issues to legislative committees, governments, administrative bodies and [...]

National Coordinator, Cerebral Palsy Canada Network Jaime Winkler is a caregiver and advocate from Regina, Saskatchewan.  She is the National Coordinator for Cerebral Palsy Canada Network, a Research Engagement Strategist, Research Partner, and Knowledge Translator.

Research Coordinator, Global Autism Project Noor Syed, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA/LBS is an Assistant Professor of Applied Behavior Analysis, Clinical Coordinator, and founding Director of the Center for Autism Inclusivity (Research, Education, and Services) with SUNY Empire State College. She is also the Research Coordinator for the Global Autism Project and an Adjunct Advisor in [...]

Senior Scientist, SickKids’ Research Institute and the Centre for Global Child Health Melanie is a Senior Scientist in the SickKids’ Research Institute and the Centre for Global Child Health. She leads professional and resource development in dissemination and implementation science and practice (knowledge translation) within the KT Program of the SickKids’ Learning Institute.  [...]

Director of Clinical Services, CB Consultants Jacob has twenty years of experience applying the principles of behaviour analysis in fifteen different countries across various settings such as schools, centres, homes, organizations, and hospitals. Currently, Jacob is a founding member of CB Consultants which uses organizational behaviour management and acceptance and commitment training to [...]

Evaluation Specialist at Public Health Ontario in the Research, Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement Support Unit Dr. Andrea Chaplin (née Chambers) completed her PhD in Public Health at the University of Toronto (Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division) in 2013. She has an MSc in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa and is a credentialed [...]

PhD Candidate, University of Toronto Francine Buchanan is a mother child with medical complexity who spent his first 507 days of life as an inpatient in a paediatric ICU. After the birth of her son, Francine transitioned from a successful career as a corporate strategist into improving the healthcare experience for caregivers of [...]